Forgotten Games with the Same Names as Well-Known Games

Sometimes a game is so forgotten that its name gets reused for something else entirely, only for the latter to become notably more well-known. This is a list of such games.

Blue Dragon
Blue Dragon
Earthbound
Earthbound
Overlord
Overlord
Prey: An Alien Encounter
Prey: An Alien Encounter
Burnout
Burnout
Defiance
Defiance
Destiny
Destiny
Destiny
Destiny
Outcast
Outcast
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno
Mafia
Mafia
Stronghold
Stronghold
Thief
Thief
Amnesia
Amnesia
Hades
Hades
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune
Unreal
Unreal
Rockman
Rockman
The Witness
The Witness
Hades 2
Hades 2
Atlantis II
Atlantis II
Overlord
Overlord
Starfox
Starfox
Fable
Fable
Fahrenheit
Fahrenheit
Portal
Portal
Star Fox
Star Fox
Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis
Atlantis 2: Beyond Atlantis
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Atlantis: The Lost Tales
Atlantis
Atlantis
Amnesia
Amnesia
Crack Down
Crack Down
Outcast
Outcast
Unreal
Unreal
Defiance
Defiance
Stronghold
Stronghold
Soldier of Fortune
Soldier of Fortune
Burnout
Burnout
Blue Dragon
Blue Dragon
Hades II
Hades II
Overlord
Overlord
Prey
Prey
Indigo Prophecy
Indigo Prophecy
Fahrenheit in Europe.
Crackdown
Crackdown
Mafia
Mafia
Fable
Fable
Thief
Thief
Star Fox
Star Fox
Dante's Inferno
Dante's Inferno
Mega Man
Mega Man
Rockman in Japan
The Witness
The Witness
Destiny
Destiny
EarthBound
EarthBound
Hades
Hades
Portal
Portal

3 Comments


love the world postulated here where dante's inferno (2010) is a popular, beloved game

3 years ago

Don't know if Eternal Doom would count since its the same "franchise", and I feel that there may be some ill-intentions on purpose behind the naming of the new one.

3 years ago

- 1983's Earthbound
- 1987's Sonic Boom


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